Mesopotamia Vocab Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| polytheism | the worship of many gods |
| scribe | a writer |
| chariot | a wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle |
| civilization | an organized societt within a specific area |
| surplus | more than they needed |
| Fertile Crescent | a large arc of rich, or fertile farmlans |
| irrigation | a way of supplying water to an area of land |
| empire | land with different territories and peoples under a single rule |
| city-state | consisted of a city and all the countryside around it |
| rural | countryside |
| urban | city |
| cuneiform | the world's first system of writing |
| Mesopotamian inventions | writing, wheel, sewers, plow, cylinder seal |
| Akkadian Empire | World's 1st empire led by Sargon |
| Babylonian Empire | Written law code called Hammurabi's code |
| Assyrian Empire | Used iron weapons in battle |
| Persian Empire | World's largest empire |
| Judaism | monotheistic religion found in the Fertile Crescent |
| Mesopotamians settled in the Fertile Crescent | the 2 rivers mean more rich soil for farming |
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